N's Castle

Confront the Sages

A massive fight seems imminent, but the six Gym Leaders appear to take on the Sages so you can make your may up the castle interior. Go through the gap in the rear wall and up the stairs to the left.

Exploring N's Castle 2F

There is nothing in the first room you pass. Enter the second room to heal your Pokemon by talking to Anthea.

Enter the third room you come to for a Max Potion. Head up the stairs to 3F.

Exploring N's Castle 3F

Enter the first door you come to if you want to use a computer to switch out your Pokemon.

Enter the middle door to get a Max Revive along the far wall.

Talk to a Plasma member against the rear wall of the leftmost room for an Ultra Ball.

To Exit the castle, you can warp to the Pokemon League Pokemon Center by talking to the dude in the leftmost room on 3F -- you can return at any time by using the statue elevator. Go up the stairs to reach 4F.

Exploring N's Castle 4F

In the first door on your left you'll find N's room. You can examine the items in here for backstory, and pick up a Rare Candy in the middle of the skateboard ramp. Spoiled brat!

Pick up a Full Restore in the middle room of 4F. Save your game now and head up to 5F to confront your foes.

Catch the Legendary Dragon Pokemon

After talking to N, your Light/Dark Stone will finally reveal its true nature and the Legendary Dragon Pokemon will emerge: Reshiram in Black or Zekrom in White!

Now is your last chance to save before a series of big battles, so do so before taking on the Legendary Pokemon. This fight is actually pretty easy. You want to weaken the Pokemon and catch it as usual (DO NOT USE YOUR MASTER BALL), and even with the Legendary 's HP in the yellow you can catch it with an Ultra Ball.

Use Ground, Dragon or Water Type attacks to take off large chunks of Reshiram's life. Use weaker attacks (like Fire Type) or False Swipe to lower its HP to the red or yellow region of the HP meter. If you knock out Reshiram, you can start the fight again.

Use Ice, Dragon or Ground attacks to bring Zekrom's life down quickly. Electric type moves will yield less damage, but false Swipe will prevent you from knocking it out entirely. If you knock out Zekrom, you can start the fight again. Toss an Ultra Ball out when the HP meter reads red or yellow to catch Zekrom.

Make sure you allow the Legendary to swap out for one of your Pokemon -- you'll need it for the ensuing battles. After this fight, N will restore your Pokemon. The next two battles are tough and lengthy.

Confront N

N uses his Level 52 Legendary (Zekrom in Black, Reshiram in White) in addition to Carracosta, Vanilluxe, Klinklang, Zoroark, and Archeops. His Pokemon aside from the Legendary are varied, and all Level 50. N's good at using them to counter your own. Because of this, you must have a well-balanced party, but hey -- you've spent the whole game building a great party of Pokemon, right?

Zekrom/Reshiram: First, you'll have to take on N's Legendary Dragon Pokemon with your own! Both are weak against Dragon Attacks, so strike first and you've essentially won. However, if he uses Fusion Bolt or Fusion Flare, retaliate with Fusion Bolt/Flare to double its effectiveness.

Carracosta: This sea turtle is weak against Grass and Electric Type attacks -- use Zekrom if you have him!

Vanilluxe : A quick blast of a Fire Type attack from Reshiram or another Pokemon will melt this Pokemon quickly. Rock, Steel and Fighting attacks work as well.

Klinklang: Klinklang is also weak against Fire Type attacks. Ground and Fighting attacks work as well.

Zoroark: This Dark Type Pokemon is weak against Fighting and Bug Type attacks. Try using a Starter with a Fighting Type attack.

Archeops: This bird is weak against so many attacks: Electric, Ice and Rock are your best choices. A shock from Zekrom can end the fight.

You'll have to do a lot of Pokemon switching in this fight. Don't forget to heal occasionally! N takes his loss in stride -- but Ghetsis stands between you and the exit. Ghetsis will heal you before you take him on.

Battle Ghetsis

Cofagrigus: Dark Type attacks work very well on this Ghost Type Pokemon.

Bouffalant: The Bouffalant's Normal Type attacks deal a huge amount of damage, so use Fighting Type moves to eliminate it quickly.

Seismitoad: Your Electric Type attacks do nothing in this fight, so Grass is really your only option if you want to get Super Effective Attacks. If you don't have a Grass Type Pokemon, use a strong Water Type Pokemon to face off against this tough Pokemon.

Elektross: This Elektross has an ability that means you cannot score any Super Effective attacks to make the fight easier. That said, you can use a Ground Type Pokemon to null most of its attacks.

Bisharp: This powerful Pokemon has some unusual -- but common -- weaknesses. Fighting and Ground Type attacks will work well, but Fire Type attacks may be the easiest way to put this Pokemon down. If you have a Fire Type Pokemon, bring it out now!

Is It Over?

After this battle you'll see the credits roll. Congratulations! You've defeated Ghetsis and saved many Pokemon from uhh ... freedom. But the game is not over. You now have many more places to explore and FAR more Pokemon to catch. All of the Pokemon from previous games now populate Unova. Additionally, those pesky Sages are out there somewhere, and you still have taken on the region's Champion. Are you ready for another adventure?

*Note: N's Castle is destroyed at the end of the main game. So explore while you can.